Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 614(a)(2) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2364(a)(2)
(the "Act"), I hereby determine that it is vital to the national
security interests of the United States to make sales and extend
credits to Colombia of up to $30 million in Foreign Military
Financing under the Arms Export Control Act, without regard to any
provision of the law within the scope of section 614. I hereby
authorize such making of sales and extensions of credit, including
the expenditure of previously obligated Foreign Military Financing
funds needed to finance such sales.

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 614(a)(1) of the
Act, 22 U.S.C. 2364(a)(1), I hereby determine that it is important
to the security interests of the United States to furnish up to
$600,000 in Fiscal Year 1997 funds under Chapter 5 of part II of the
Act for Colombia, without regard to any provision of the law within
the scope of section 614. I hereby authorize the furnishing of
such assistance.

You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the
Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.